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Polish media company
Warner Bros. Discovery Poland
TVN HQ in Warsaw, Poland
FormerlyTVN Grupa Discovery (2018–2022)
TVN Warner Bros. Discovery (2022-2024)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMedia
Founded6 March 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-06)
HeadquartersMedia Business Centre, Warsaw, Poland
Key people
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery
Parent
DivisionsTVN Group
Websitewbdpoland.pl
Footnotes / references

Warner Bros. Discovery Poland (formerly known as TVN Grupa Discovery and TVN Warner Bros. Discovery) is a Polish media company that is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery International. The business includes the assets of the TVN Group, a media company acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive, which later got bought by Discovery, Inc.

Originally, with the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc., and the restructuration of its international business, the company's Polish assets, instead of being under Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA control, were left under its own subsidiary under control of Kasia Kieli, who is also a president of TVN Group.

History

Background

TVN Group, a Polish media company founded on 1995, was acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive in 2015; first a 52.7% majority stake on March, and the remaining stake owned by ITI Group and Canal+ Group on July.

In December 2016, Discovery, Inc. bought a 49% stake on Metro, a recently launched television channel by Agora. In August 2017, Discovery announced that it would buy the remaining 51% stock, gaining complete ownership over the channel.

Establishment

On March 6, 2018, Scripps was acquired by Discovery, which led to the latter to expand its Polish business. Since then, Discovery merged its localized global networks under TVN Group control.

In 2022, after Discovery completed its merger with WarnerMedia, Kasia Kieli was named president for the group operations in Poland (also being named CEO of TVN Group), noting that Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA had no oversight over operations in the country, making it a separate entity under Warner Bros. Discovery International.

On July 7, 2022, Edward Miszczak, programming director at TVN since its beginnings and member of the board of directors of the company announced its departure, with a transition period in which he will be the director of the newly created programming division at TVN Warner Bros. Discovery.

Local assets

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TVN
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Metro

FAST assets

Leadership

  • Kasia Kieli, President & Managing Director TVN Warner Bros. Discovery and CEO TVN
  • Rafał Ogrodnik, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer
  • Dorota Żurkowska-Bytner, Chief Revenue Officer
  • Michał Samul, News Director
  • Maciej Gozdowski, Streaming Director
  • Bogdan Czaja, Programming & Operations Director
  • Jarosław Potasz, Studios & Productions Director
  • Dominika Stępińska-Duch, Chief Legal, Privacy and Compliance Officer
  • Agnieszka Maciejewska, Chief People and Culture Officer
  • Jan Mróz, Chief Communication & PR Officer
  • Marcin Bogłowski, Chief Strategy, Insights and Data Officer
  • Krzysztof Kozłowski, Chief Technology Officer

References

  1. Poland, TVN24 (March 6, 2018). "Discovery is finalizing the acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, the owner of TVN". TVN24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Middleton, Richard (April 21, 2022). "Warner Bros. Discovery names int'l team, as Priya Dogra, James Gibbons & Anil Jhingan take new roles". TBI Vision. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Edward Miszczak żegna się z TVN. Będzie też nowa struktura organizacyjna". TVN24. June 7, 2022. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  4. ^ Zielińska, Urszula (April 21, 2022). "WarnerBros. Discovery w Polsce samodzielnym bytem. Są zmiany w kierownictwie TVN". Rzecpospolita. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  5. "Scripps buys majority stake in TVN". C21media. March 16, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
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  7. Dickens, Andrew (July 2, 2015). "Scripps completes TVN purchase". C21media. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  8. "Discovery kupuje 49% udziałów w Metro". satkurier.pl. December 9, 2016. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022.
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TVN Warner Bros. Discovery
Headquarters: Warsaw
TV channels
FAST channels
Online services
Other assets
Warner Bros. Discovery
Executives
Board of directors
Senior management
Warner Bros.
Entertainment
Warner Bros.
Motion Picture Group
Warner Bros.
Television Group
United States
International
Other units
U.S. linear networks
Factual and Lifestyle Group
Entertainment Group
Kids & Family Group
(The Cartoon Network, Inc.)
FAST channels
  • Free TV Networks
    • The365
    • Outlaw
    • Dare (50%)
    • VCR Action
    • VCR Haha
  • WBTV
    • Watchlist
    • Keeping It Real
    • All Together
    • Sweet Escapes
    • Paws & Claws
    • Slice of Life
    • Welcome Home
    • At the Movies
    • How To
    • Supernatural
    • Crime Series
    • Mysteries
    • Love & Marriage
    • Family Rules
    • Cartoon Rewind
Home Box Office
CNN Worldwide
TNT Sports
Global Streaming
& Games
Global Experiences
DC Entertainment
International
Networks
Warner Bros. Discovery Americas
USA headquarters: Miami
LATAM headquarters: Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago, São Paulo, Bogotá
Canada
Latin America, the Caribbean and Brazil
Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific
Headquarters: Singapore
Pan-Asia
East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Australasia
Australia
New Zealand
Online
Defunct
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Headquarters: London and Amsterdam
France, Belgium & Switzerland
Germany, Benelux & CEE
Italy
Scandinavia
Iberia
UK & Ireland
Turkey
Middle East & Africa
Defunct
TVN Warner Bros. Discovery
Headquarters: Warsaw
TV channels
FAST channels
Online services
Other assets
Former units
from WB
from
Turner
from HBO
from
Discovery
& Scripps
See also
Grupa ITI
General channels
News channels
Specialty channels
Defunct channels
Satellite service
Press
Entertainment
Sports
Internet ventures
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